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JunBy Hadia Shaukat Published in DAWN on June 19, 2022 SAADIA has been teaching science to Grade 8 students at a government school in Lahore’s outskirts for 15 years. Every day, she enters the classroom, starts lecturing and the students take notes. No questions are asked, no misconceptions addressed. When her lecture ends, she writes a few […]
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JunBy Mehtab Haider Published in The News on June 20, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The Medium-Term Budget Strategy Paper for 2022-23 to 2024-25 envisages slowing down of GDP growth ranging from 5 to 6.2 percent. The government will focus on reducing the fiscal deficit from 7.1 percent of GDP in the outgoing fiscal year to 2.9 percent of GDP[…]
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JunBy Sakib Sherani Published in DAWN on Jun 17, 2022 THE federal government has presented its budget for the next fiscal year under challenging conditions. While the economic situation is dire, the political context is no less difficult and trying. The incumbent government leads an eight-party “rainbow” coalition engaged in tough negotiations with the IMF, with seven[…]
